When a bloodied man ran from a townhouse in an affluent New York neighbourhood, he revealed a complex and grisly tale of ...

John Woeltz, 37, and William Duplessie, 33 -- have since been indicted by a grand jury on a dozen counts, including ...

Photos show accuser in NYC crypto kidnapping leaving house freely, defense lawyers say William Duplessie and John Woeltz pleaded not guilty and were ordered held in custody until their next court ...

John Woeltz, 37, and William Duplessie, 33, pleaded not guilty to kidnapping charges in a dramatic Manhattan Supreme Court arraignment filled with bombshell revelations.

She did not elaborate. John Woeltz and William Duplessie appear in Manhattan Criminal Court on cryptocurrency-related kidnapping charges, in New York, June 11, 2025.

In a Wednesday hearing in the New York Supreme Criminal Court, John Woeltz and William Duplessie pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and false imprisonment of Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan ...

The six-bedroom waterfront home in Smithland – which appears to be styled after The White House – was bought by the self-styled ‘Crypto King of Kentucky’ John Woeltz and his business ...

John Woeltz, the Paducah native turned cryptocurrency investor accused of kidnapping and torturing a man in Manhattan in an ...

But Mr. Carturan and Mr. Woeltz had a falling out over money, and Mr. Carturan flew to Italy before Mr. Woeltz persuaded him to return to New York on May 6, according to prosecutors and the report.

John Woeltz, 37, appeared in Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to first-degree kidnapping, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and assault ...

A bitcoin investor charged with kidnapping and torturing a man​ in New York City is linked to a similar case in Kentucky.

The Kentucky crypto entrepreneur accused of a heinous kidnapping and torture plot is innocent — and being manipulated by someone else, a relative claimed to The Post. John Woeltz, who was held ...